Comboni Missionaries' Team

Silence is essential for prayer, interior lives and personal sanctification. External silence is a powerful manifestation of a person’s serenity, calmness, tranquillity and peacefulness. A person who enjoys and keeps silence is a revered person and pleasant to deal with. A “silent person” will be courteous, gentle, polite and generally well-mannered. He commands respect and […]

There was once a blacksmith called Walukaga, who was very skilled at all kinds of metalwork. Every day, a small crowd of people would gather at his smithy and watch him at work making hoes for the farmers, knives and spears for the hunters, or armlets and bracelets to decorate the young men and maidens.

Popular uprisings spearheaded by young people have brought governance failures to the fore in many countries. Mahatma Gandhi advocated the “conscience of the opponent” which expresses dissatisfaction and anger through non-violent resistance. Thomas Jefferson, the famous American political thinker, was anxious about the possibility that economic and political forces might one day come together in

Chinese society is changing and offering Christian women new opportunities to participate in the life of the Church. The rule of the Catholic women. Since the 20th century, Chinese women have assumed an increasingly important role in society. A significant shift has occurred. Their lives are no longer centred exclusively on the family, as was

The Comboni Scholasticate community at St John of Arc in Pietermaritzburg is committed to putting their faith into action for the benefit of their neighbours in the informal settlement of Jika-Joe. Malawian scholastic Gerard Paul Hiernimo witnesses God’s actions among the township’s most vulnerable people. Upon arriving at St Daniel Comboni Scholasticate in Pietermaritzburg, South

Long ago, Dog and Leopard were friends. They lived in a cave. They hunted together, brought the meat home and cooked it. They were the best of friends. Dog got so much good meat to eat that he got fat and lazy. He did not go hunting anymore. When Leopard brought home a fine goat,

We have faith in a merciful, healing and compassionate God. Painful conditions we might find ourselves in may not change overnight, but we believe in a God who helps us rediscover our worth in His love for us. We ask Him to mend the shattered pieces of our lives, and He will help us make

The Catholic Church is a small, vibrant community of about 1,500 people spread across eight parishes. Cardinal Giorgio Marengo is its pastor. Christianity in Mongolia began with the spread of Nestorian communities in the Far East, followers of the Syriac tradition and followers of the teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople. These communities brought the

Brother Godfroy-Abel Dimanche talks about his experience as a formator and his involvement in pastoral activities with Afro-descendants. I am from the Central African Republic and have been a formator at the Comboni Missionaries’ International Centre for Brothers in Bogotá, Colombia, since 2020. I was previously based in Guayaquil, where I coordinated the Afro-Colombian Cultural

Christophe Blawo, a Comboni Brother, has just obtained a PhD in Social Transformation from Tangaza University.  Here, he talks about what this means for him and the community. The PhD journey is often described as a marathon of the mind, but for me, it was also a journey of the heart and a transformative experience.